✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago

i think if your network card has "UEFI secure boot" you have done something wrong. probably a lot of things

i counted at least 6 different pieces of firmware when looking at it component by component (if you can call a 128 GB eMMC with Ubuntu on it "firmware")

Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago

i thought this network card runs linux

i was wrong. it runs TWO copies of linux

Show threadthunfisch2d ago
@whitequark @s0 okay, but does it run crysis?
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago
@thunfisch @s0 it has 32 GB of DDR5 and a PCIe root complex. I bet I can make it happen
Show threadKat S2d ago
@whitequark On a network card.
@thunfisch @s0
Show threadthunfisch

@KatS @whitequark @s0 We call these things a "DPU" and pretend that it's fine. If you wanna read how well that can go, there's https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion .

Be warned though, there be dragons in that article that can't be unread.

How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars

Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.

Axel’s Substack
Apr 8 at 7:33amWeb
Show threadLarge Format Projectionist2d ago

@thunfisch @KatS @whitequark @s0

Let’s also be warned that this is just one point of view. I don’t mean that it’s wrong, but it may be *limited.*